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Showing 62 Records, 60 since September 4, 2004*

Date

Time of day

Average Size

Largest Size

Depth on gound

3/7/2010

2:35 PM

Rice

Trace

9/21/2009

11:48 AM

1/4" Pea

Trace (w/snow south)

9/17/2009

3:30 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

6/26/2009

12:52 PM

1/4" Pea

Less than 1/4 inch

6/10/2009

2:45 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

6/1/2009

2:25 PM

Rice

Trace

5/24/2009

11:45 AM

Rice

Trace

5/23/2009

12:05 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

5/3/2009

5:00 PM

Rice

Trace

4/1/2009

11:20 AM

Rice

1/4" Pea

0.3" w/snow

2/8/2009

4:00 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

0.5" w/snow

10/5/2008

4:38 PM

Rice

Trace

9/28/2008

3:42 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace (more southwest)

8/16/2008

2:38 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace (more south)

8/4/2008

3:40 PM

Rice

Trace

7/12/2008

5:15 PM

1/4" Pea

3/8"

Less than 1/4 inch

7/9/2008

3:55 PM

3/8"

Trace

6/30/2008

3:40 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

5/28/2008

9:05 PM

1/4" Pea

3/8"

Less than 1/4 inch

5/22/2008

4:00 PM

Rice

Trace

5/13/2008

3:15 PM

Rice

Trace

5/6/2008

2:15 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

10/17/2007

11:55 AM

1/4" Pea

0.3"

9/3/2007

4:45 PM

Rice

Trace

9/2/2007

3:15 PM

3/8"

1/2" Marble

1.0"+

7/30/2007

4:05 PM

1/4" Pea

Less than 1/4 inch

7/29/2007

3:15 PM

3/8"

Less than 1/4 inch

7/7/2007

5:45 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

6/17/2007

6:30 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

6/3/2007

6:30 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

5/19/2007

6:10 PM

3/8"

0.2"

5/1/2007

1:30 PM

Rice

Trace

10/9/2006

4:25 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

10/7/2006

12:35 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

9/15/2006

1:30 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

7/22/2006

2:00 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

7/3/2006

4:35 PM

1/4" Pea

3/8"

Trace (w/ flash flood)

4/5/2006

3:25 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

3/19/2006

2:00 PM

1/4" Pea

3/8"

Not noted

3/18/2006

11:35 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace, w/snow

2/2/2006

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

11/11/2005

2:45 PM

3/8"

1/2" Marble

Not noted

10/19/2005

1:20 AM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Not noted

10/9/2005

11:15 AM

Rice

Trace

5/7/2005

5:00 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

4/27/2005

5:00 PM

3/8"

Not noted

4/25/2005

7:04 PM

Rice

1/4" Pea

Trace

4/24/2005

5:54 PM

3/8"

1/2" Marble

0.5" (w/ tornado)

4/8/2005

1:45 PM

Rice

Trace

3/23/2005

12:35 PM

1/4" Pea

0.2"

3/20/2005

7:55 AM

1/4" Pea

Not noted

3/20/2005

4:30 PM

1/4" Pea

0.2" w/snow

11/20/2004

2:20 PM

3/8"

Not noted

10/22/2004

1:30 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

10/5/2004

7:25 AM

Rice

Trace

10/5/2004

3:30 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

9/21/2004

8:20 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

9/21/2004

5:55 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

9/19/2004

3:15 PM

Rice

Trace

9/4/2004

9:20 PM

1/4" Pea

Trace

4/9/2004

- 1" hail on ground after afternoon thunderstorm hits, no other info available -

7/28/2003

- Some hail on ground after afternoon thunderstorm hits with flash flood, no other info available -

* Incomplete data before Sept 4, 2004. Hail events from before that date are not listed other than the two noted above.

Hail Size: Less than 1/4" = Rice; 1/4" = Pea; 1/2" = Marble (or Grape); 3/4" = Penny (or Dime); 1" = Quarter; 11/4" = Half Dollar; 11/2" = Ping Pong Ball; 13/4" = Golf Ball; 2" = Egg; 21/2" = Tennis Ball; 23/4" = Baseball; 3" = Apple; 4" = Grapefruit and 41/2" = Softball.

On average, the hail season in Crestone (and all of Colorado) usually begins in March and ends in October. We averaged around 10 hail days a year here and there are only a few other places in the entire world that average as much. The Colorado Front Range is one of those other places, along with the foothills of the Himalayas in India. Saguache County as a whole sees more hail on average than any other Colorado county west of Colorado's Great Plains and Front Range.

Yet most of the hail that falls here in Crestone, compared to the hail that falls on the Colorado Front Range, is small. As you can see in the hail events noted above, we rarely see hail larger than 3/8 in size. Still, Saguache County has seen more severe hail (classified as 3/4" or larger) compared to the other nearby Colorado San Luis Valley counties of Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral and Costilla. From 1995 to 2007, there were 20 severe hail reports in Saguache County. In the other five counties combined, there were only 21 such reports.

Below are two thumbnail photos, one of my grandson Cooper holding a bunch of hailstones, taken about an hour after a hail storm that hit on Sept 2, 2007, which caused minor damage around town. The second photo is a closeup shot of the same hailstones. You can click on either thumbnail for a larger view. For more hail photos, see our Weather Photo Page, and if you have any good hail photos from in and around Crestone, please send them on in and I will place them up on that page for you..... Keno

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